Archive for the Category: C

How to Compile and Link MQ Programs on Linux

February 13, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Someone on StackOverflow asked “How to compile a C program without knowing the include files”. JasonE gave a really good answer, so I thought I would repeat it here: To compile and link 64-bit MQ applications on Linux, follow the instructions here To compile and link 32-bit MQ applications on Linux, follow the instructions here […]

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Knock knock

February 11, 2019 Roger Lacroix

IBM: Knock knock User: Who’s there? IBM: MQ User: MQ who? IBM: IBM MQ Client for macOS In case you didn’t hear, IBM has released “IBM MQ macOS toolkit for developers” a couple of days ago. I downloaded and installed it. I simply uncompressed it into my home directory. I played around with a bunch […]

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SQLite v3.27.1 Released

February 8, 2019 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.27.1. https://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ macOS toolkit for developers

February 7, 2019 Roger Lacroix

IBM releases IBM MQ macOS toolkit for developers. I’m shocked and wildly surprised that IBM did this. https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/2019/02/05/ibm-mq-macos-toolkit-for-developers/ This toolkit provides the ability to develop and interact directly with MQ from your Mac, for developers using the language interfaces; such as C, C++, COBOL, GoLang, and Node.js; which are built on the platform-native C library […]

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SQLite v3.26.0 Released

December 6, 2018 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.26.0. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Language Wars – Maybe Enough Already

October 10, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Maybe I’m just old and grumpy, but I’m tired of surfing the internet and seeing language wars. I just saw this line “100% Java free!” the other day, listed as a product feature and it makes me shake my head. Of all the product features that would sell a product, you want to include that […]

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LearnMQ from IBM Developer

October 4, 2018 Roger Lacroix

During David Ware’s “What’s New in IBM MQ?” session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8, David announced LearnMQ (see slide 24). LearnMQ is a place where new users can get some FREE MQ training (and earn badges). The LearnMQ web site is broken down into 3 sections: MQ Essentials MQ Tutorials Run a Demo So, if […]

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SQLite v3.25.0 Released

September 19, 2018 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.25.0. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Eclipse 4.8 (Photon) Released

June 27, 2018 Roger Lacroix

On June 27th, 2018, Eclipse Foundation has released the annual Eclipse release train: https://projects.eclipse.org/releases/photon Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation […]

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Security Risk for MQ Model Queue

June 20, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Well, I learnt something new today: an MQ model queue is a security risk! It is not that a model queue in of itself is a security risk but rather what you can do with a model queue to get a backdoor to a queue or maybe it is called a ‘side channel attack’ of […]

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